Students of all colleges will be able to show off what they’ve learned in the past year at the third annual Quoined Corner: The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences’ Student Research and Creative Activity Conference.
The conference is April 19, but students can submit proposals for presentation until March 10.
The conference will consist of YouTube video and live presentations by students.
To apply to present, students must complete a Google form application with an abstract idea of their presentation in 250 words or less.
Faculty from all colleges making up the Quoined Corner committee will review and decide on abstracts, and students will be notified of their acceptance by March 17.
Students selected to present will need to create a 20-minute video presentation.
The presentation can be about any topic the student has written about, performed or completed research on.
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Dean Paige Rose says any student can participate regardless of the college they’re in.
“Students of any major in any college can submit to participate in the conference as long as the project is centered on academic areas or topics within the CAHSS,” Rose said.
Ideas for submissions include: A musical piece you have performed, a novel you’ve written an essay on, a breaking news story you’ve reported, or any other piece of work you’d like to be shared with others.
All selected video presentations will be uploaded to CAHSS YouTube channel, which then will be reviewed again by the committee. One student will be selected from each college to present at the Quoined Corner conference April 19.
The conference will be held from 3-6 p.m. in McCastlain Hall.
Quoined Corner began in 2021 when CAHSS was first formed.
“We began the Quoined Corner Research and Creative Activity Symposium in spring 2021 after the College of Fine Arts and Communication and the College Liberal Arts were combined.” Associate Dean of CAHSS Gayle Seymour said.
Raven Nobles, a UCA alumna, participated in the conference twice. Last year, Nobles was made a finalist for UCA’s Most Outstanding Student award. She explained that in order to receive the award, you must be nominated by the school you’re in and the professors are the ones that decide who will receive it.
“The Outstanding Student award did mean a lot,” Nobles said. “It meant a lot that my professor saw my hard work and acknowledged it.”
The year before, Nobles received the quoined symposium award for her research paper about Donald Trump.
“I wrote my research paper about Trump, and then my group members put the paper into a PowerPoint presentation and we showed it to my professor who told me to submit it to Quoined Corner, so a PowerPoint is what I submitted,” Nobles said.
Riley Neil, another alumna, also received an award. Neil presented her research thesis regarding local foster care.
“I applied with my honors capstone that I worked with the communication department on,” Neils said. “I created a public relations plan for foster care nonprofits here in Faulkner County.”
The CAHSS Awards Ceremony will be on the same day and will start at 6 p.m. also in McCastlain Hall. The 10 students selected to present at the conference will be given special recognition at the ceremony.
